Useful 4 Ways to Recover Deleted Notes on Your iPhone

How to recover deleted notes on iPhone? Read on this guide and get 4 easy methods to retrieve lost or deleted notes on iPhone directly or via iTunes/iCloud backup.

iPhone Notes app provides a convenient way to collect scattered words, photos, maps, web links, lists, schedules or other important information in case you forget it.

However, various reasons may still cause the iPhone data loss. The good thing is, there are still ways to get them back. This post will show you some effective solutions to recover deleted notes on iPhone, even without backup.

• Part 1. Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone from Recently Deleted Folder
• Part 2. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone Directly
• Part 3. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone from iTunes Backup
• Part 4. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone via iCloud Backup
• Part 5. FAQs About Recovering Deleted Notes on iPhone

Part 1. Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone from Recently Deleted Folder

When you mistakenly delete a note on iPhone 15/14/13/12/SE/11/XS/XR/X/8/7/6, the Recently Deleted folder may give you a chance to retrieve it. The deleted note will not be permanently deleted from iPhone until you completely empty the Recently Deleted folder. Now you can follow the next steps to recover the recently-deleted notes on iPhone.

Step 1. Find recently-deleted folder

Unlock your iPhone and open Notes app. Locate and enter Recently Deleted folder. Tap Edit on the top-right corner. Here you can find your recently deleted iPhone notes. Choose the iPhone notes you want to restore.

Step 2. Recover recently deleted notes on iPhone

Tap Move To... button on the lower-left corner to transfer these selected notes to new folder. With this operation, you can handily recover recently-deleted notes on iPhone.

Note: One thing you should know is that, deleted iPhone notes will be removed from the Recently Deleted folder permanently after 30 days.

Part 2. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone Directly

Still cannot find the deleted notes there? Then you need to get help from iPhone notes recovery software. Here we would like to recommend you the best iPhone Data Recovery tool, which offers you three options to recover deleted notes on iPhone directly, or from iTunes/iCloud backup.

Now free download this software and learn how to recover deleted notes on iPhone in detail as below.

If you didn't back up any notes on iCloud or iTunes, you can use iPhone Data Recovery to recover deleted or lost notes on iPhone without any backup. It is straightforward and risk-free. Follow the steps below.

Step 1. Choose Recover from iOS Device

Download and install iPhone Data Recovery on your computer/Mac. Select Recover from iOS Device mode, then connect iPhone to computer via a USB cable.

Step 2. Scan iPhone data

Click Start Scan button to start the recovery process. After the scanning process, all files (including deleted ones) will be classified as different categories, such as notes, voice memo, messages, call history, photos, etc. in the left panel.

Step 3. Preview and recover deleted notes on iPhone

Click Notes in the left panel, and you can preview any note in the right window. All deleted notes are marked as red ones. (You can toggle on the button above the window to only display the deleted ones.) Choose the notes you want to get back, then click Recover to save iPhone deleted notes on the local disk.

Here you may intrested in how to save notes from iPhone.

Part 3. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone from iTunes Backup

If you regularly back up your iPhone data to iTunes, it is likely that your deleted Notes could be resorted in your iTunes backups. To avoid the risk that you overwrite the existing iPhone data, we still recommend you to use iPhone notes recovery tool to extract iTunes backup.

Step 1. Choose Recover from iTunes Backup File

Free download and open this iPhone Backup Extractor on your computer. Choose Recover from iTunes Backup File mode in the left menu.

Step 2. Extract iTunes backup

Select the right backup of your iPhone and click Start Scan to scan and extract the backup content (notes, music, contacts, photos, etc.) in it.

Step 3. Recover deleted iPhone notes

After scanning, click Notes category in the left panel, and preview the details of your iPhone notes. Check all notes you want to recover, and then click Recover to restore the deleted notes on your computer.

Part 4. How to Recover Deleted Notes on iPhone via iCloud Backup

Similarly, if you have a habit to backup iPhone to iCloud, you may still have a chance to retrieve the deleted/lost iPhone/iPad/iPod notes from the latest iCloud backup.

Step 1. Select Recover from iCloud Backup File

Launch this iCloud Backup Extractor on your computer, select Recover from iCloud Backup File and sign in to your Apple ID to load the latest iPhone backup. Click Download to download your iCloud backup file.

Step 2. Scan iCloud backup and file type

Choose file type you want to recover. In this case, click Notes, then click Next to scan your iCloud notes backup.

Step 3. Recover deleted iPhone notes

After the scanning process, you can preview the entire notes backup, including deleted ones. Select the notes you want to retrieve, click Recover to extract and save your iPhone notes in your computer.